A disguised king meets a cheerful stonebreaker who lives on three pennies a day - one to repay, one to lend, and one to keep - and uncovers a lesson wiser than all his counsellors.
Inside a century-old stable, a family of flies begins an epic adventure through history, danger, and courage beneath the ancient wooden beams.
A mysterious cup of tea carries Elizabeth and her cat Puffy to Boston in 1773. Between ships, chases and a new friend named Tom, they must find a way home. This time-travel adventure is fiction inspired by the Boston Tea Party, not a factual account. Share it in chapters with older children; it includes weapons and danger.